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This is Flight. All the B-52 action at the 2025 Barksdale AFB Defenders of Liberty Airshow. Posted: June 9, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025. Flying action by the B-52H Stratofortress fleet at ...
Skin anomalies on top of a B-52 Stratofortress are outlined in red at Barksdale AFB from a Skydio UAS, that provided thousands of photos of the bomber’s surface.
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - B-52 bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base, near Shreveport, have been sent to Diego Garcia amid tensions between the United States and Iran, according to a tweet from U.S.
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base prepares to land March 22, 2024, at the Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia, in support of a bomber task force mission.
A B-52H Stratofortress with a special orange paint scheme parks after landing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 30, 2024. The orange paint scheme was used to signify the B-52’s ...
Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint Global Strike Operations Center commander, was commander of the 5th Bomb ...
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications ...
For fans of the inimitable B-52, the good news is, no, the B-2 is not replacing the B-52. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
Newsweek Editor-at-Large and Unconventional host Naveed Jamali (right) stands with U.S. Air Force personnel beside a B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber at Barksdale Air Force Base outside of ...
That funky orange B-52 belongs to the 53rd Wing’s 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, which is one of two active B-52 bases along with Minot AFB, North Dakota (which ...
The E4B Nightwatch, known as the Doomsday Plane, recently landed at Barksdale Air Force Base, sparking local curiosity amid ...
Under the aegis of the Global Strike Command and the AMC (Air Mobility Command) at Barksdale AFB Louisiana hosted representatives from Boeing, SEMPRE, Northrop Grumman, Skydio, and Near Earth ...